I read today that a store in Michigan & in New Jersey will close in Jan. Didn't see where else but givin' their HUGE selection of Star Trek books (
)what will people do?!
)what will people do?!
17 Borders stores closing
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Not entirely unexpected given the financial trouble Borders has been having lately, but seventeen all at once could be a serious blow to people in various areas.
The closest book store to me was a Waldenbooks, and when it shut down I pretty much turned in my Borders member card because the nearest Borders store was too far away for me to go to on a regular basis. Wound up going exclusively to a much closer Barnes & Noble after that. Books I can't get at B&N, I get online from Amazon and other retailers.
Heck, I picked up my copy of Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game at a local grocery store in my area today...
The closest book store to me was a Waldenbooks, and when it shut down I pretty much turned in my Borders member card because the nearest Borders store was too far away for me to go to on a regular basis. Wound up going exclusively to a much closer Barnes & Noble after that. Books I can't get at B&N, I get online from Amazon and other retailers.
Heck, I picked up my copy of Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game at a local grocery store in my area today...
What "huge selection"? Most of the Borders locations around here average less space devoted to ST (and more devoted to reactionary politics) than the local B&N locations.
I definitely miss the (pre-Borders-takeover) Waldenbooks/Brentanos chain.
I definitely miss the (pre-Borders-takeover) Waldenbooks/Brentanos chain.
With the roll eyes smiley in his post, I think CaptainDonovin was being sarcastic about Borders having a huge selection of Star Trek books...
Yeah... my local B&N closed. Guess I get to rely mainly on Amazon and B&N's website for my books. And the occasional trip to the mall, unless that bookstore's one of those closing too.
Don't know that I've ever even seen a Borders. My town used to have a "Bookland" in its mall, but that closed years ago...my main source of books was the local Books-A-Million until I acquired a debit card and registered an account at Amazon.
You're lucky. My mall hasn't had a bookstore in it for years.
For those of you out there with .edu accounts, you should look into Amazon Student which is essentially a 1 year free membership in Amazon Prime (free 2nd day shipping on eligible items). It's a very convenient way to buy your trek lit.
I can't remember the last time I was in a Waldenbooks, the two malls I have gone to lately have either Borders or B&N.
With the roll eyes smiley in his post, I think CaptainDonovin was being sarcastic about Borders having a huge selection of Star Trek books...
It was a combination of being sarcastic as well as taking a shot at Borders. I've complained here about it before as well as at the store, they just look at me like a deer in headlights for the most part. I'll have to look next time I return to my closest one but I think even the Star Wars section has shrunk.
As for B&N the last time I was in one here the didn't have any larger of a selection of Trek than Borders.
Borders rebranded the Waldenbooks stores as Borders Express a few years ago. But they're effectively the same thing.
Last I noticed, they're still called Waldenbooks in my neck of the woods, although they are Borders-owned.
the barnes and nobles in our town that carried the most trek got killed by the flood.
so far as i know the borders will stay open/
though its trek selection is bad it does have a decent sf section.
the big news is the closing of davis kidd. at one time it was the book store.
but the original owners sold it years ago to a chain indpendent booksellers out of ky.
they lost a lot of the genre customers though years ago when they moved to a mall and shipped most of their genre stuff to the basement and cut the selection.
and since it was no longer locally owned some didnt feel a sense of loyalty to it.
so far as i know the borders will stay open/
though its trek selection is bad it does have a decent sf section.
the big news is the closing of davis kidd. at one time it was the book store.
but the original owners sold it years ago to a chain indpendent booksellers out of ky.
they lost a lot of the genre customers though years ago when they moved to a mall and shipped most of their genre stuff to the basement and cut the selection.
and since it was no longer locally owned some didnt feel a sense of loyalty to it.
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